Is Trump Fading?

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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👉 Support The Muckrake Podcast and get exclusive content by joining us on ⁠Patreon⁠ In this Weekender, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dig into shocking reports that the Trump administration is drawing up plans for airstrikes against Mexican cartels — a move that could destabilize the region and push the U.S. into dangerous territory. They also break down Trump’s attempts to rewrite museum history on slavery, the signals of his declining health, Elon Musk’s embrace of J.D. Vance, and what it all means for America’s slide toward authoritarianism. Plus: Texas gerrymandering, Gavin Newsom’s trolling strategy, and James Dobson’s toxic legacy.

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0:00.0	that one did mess around that was a quick one hey everybody welcome to the weekend edition of
0:06.7	the muckraig podcast i'm jared jade sexton my friend my compatriot my co-conspirator nick allison
0:12.0	how's it going man it's going it's a scorcher out here on the west coast 92 degrees but uh i'm keeping
0:17.7	cool humidity are we talking humidity here?
0:21.3	Dry.
0:21.6	It's a dry heat.
0:22.6	Well, it's a dry heat.
0:23.7	So, okay.
0:24.3	So what are we complaining about?
0:26.4	Nothing.
0:27.0	The rest of us have been broiling.
0:30.1	Is that right?
0:31.0	Have you been broiling?
0:32.0	Been broiling.
0:33.7	Some of the hottest weather imaginable.
0:35.7	My power got knocked out.
0:37.4	A limb fell on a line and my utility pole snapped in half, went without power for forever.
0:45.3	I mean, on one of the hottest days of the year.
0:47.6	Tough stuff.
0:48.7	All I can tell you is that I'm amazed that the grid holds up as much as it does across.
0:53.2	It's incredible.
1:13.9	It's held together by spit and scotch tape. Well, you know, I just in case anyone's wondering who has any plumbing background, when I turn on my shower now, it starts to go do-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. And then the water is pulsing at the same rhythm as well. and I'm kind of wondering if I'm going to wake up to, you know, a flooded house soon.
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